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DIGBY

 
DIGBY WAS A VESSEL OF 1,500 TONS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1850 FOR A VOYAGE FROM THE UK TO ADELAIDE-PORT PHILLIP AND SYDNEY

 DIGBY 768 TONS  LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 30TH MAY 1850 ARRIVED IN PORT PHILLIP 6TH SEPTEMBER 1850 WITH CAPTAIN JOHN BUCHANAN IN COMMAND

DIGBY A VESSEL OF 756 TONS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN TABOR SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 28TH NOVEMBER 1848 AND FROM PLYMOUTH  ON 16TH DECEMBER 1848  BOUND FOR PORT JACKSON ARRIVING  THERE ON APRIL 1849

THERE WERE 8 CASES OF TYPHOUS FEVER DURING VOYAGE.TWO DEATHS

THESE VOYAGES MUST RELATE TO THE SAME SHIP WITH EITHER AN ERROR WITH THE SHIPS  SIZE OR THE WHITE STAR LINE AS USUAL OVER STATING THE SIZE OF THEIR CHARTERED VESSEL